High cost of electricity hurts business

I read the Ontario government’s long-term energy plan on Monday. The emphasis on conservation is laudable but even though we conserve, we never see a decrease in our bills. One of the biggest goals they claim is keeping electricity rates low by pursuing the lowest cost energy generation. However, the report shows the Wynne Liberals are choosing the most expensive power — exactly the opposite of what they claim.

Wind power is expensive, intermittent, high maintenance and the behemoths will only last 15 to 20 years before ending up as broken rusted hulks. Hydroelectric power is the lowest cost and longest lasting form of power generation. One option is importing more of this clean, inexpensive, renewable power from Quebec.

But at the current time we have a surplus of electricity so actually none of this is necessary. Then why is this government purposefully driving up power costs, which hurt our economy by taking disposable income from our pockets? High costs also drive away business. Trumpeting our loss of industry (and jobs) in Ontario as a conservation program is absurd.